Dierks Bentley Wears Pens Jersey On Stage After Losing Bet

Country superstar Dierks Bentley had to wear a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey during his Pittsburgh concert this past Saturday (June 24th) after losing a bet with Y108’s Wookie on the outcome of the Stanley Cup Final between the Nashville Predators and the Penguins.

The Penguins defeated the Predators in Game 6 on June 11th to become back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions.

Before game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Predators and the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dierks (a season ticket holder of the Predators) was backstage before a show, getting his band ready to take the stage and in a passionate sports fan’s smack-talking style, they shot a “Murray, you suck. It’s all your fault.” chant video, in reference to Penguins goalie Matt Murray.

When Y108’s Wookie saw the video, he tweeted Dierks writing, “Umm @DierksBentley you’ve got some explaining to do on the 24th!”

“Hey @WookieY108 @Y108Pittsburgh! Nothing but respect for murray and @penguins… just fired up for my team. Good luck to yours thurs night!”

After the back & forth on Twitter, the two placed a friendly bet on the outcome of the series. Wookie tweeted, “Hey @DierksBentley let’s bet. Loser wears winning team’s #StanleyCup Champ. t-shirt on 6/24 for a pix? @PredsNHL @penguins @Y108Pittsburgh”

Dierks accepted tweeting, “You’re on! See you 6/24. if needed (big big emphasis on IF), ill take a #30!”

Fans of both teams got to witness an exciting Stanley Cup Final series and some good-natured smack-talk. Pittsburgh country music & Penguins fans got to see Dierks in that Matt Murray jersey. Y108’s Wookie presented Dierks with the jersey backstage before his Pittsburgh concert.

(photo credit: Y108)

The kids at St. Jude get something out of this too. Dierks signed the jersey and Y108 will give it to St. Jude to auction off.